neuroscience of forgiveness

Science Proves Forgiveness Rewires Your Brain and Lowers Stress. Here’s How It Works
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Science Proves Forgiveness Rewires Your Brain and Lowers Stress. Here’s How It Works

Most people think of forgiveness as a moral choice, something you do for the other person, or because a religious tradition or a well-meaning friend tells you it is the right thing to do. Science tells a different story. Forgiveness is a biological event. When you forgive someone who has hurt you, specific regions of…